Senior Solutions Engineer

Pacific Life

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Newport Beach, CACharlotte, NCOmaha, NE
Salary
$137,610–$168,190 / yr
Posted
15 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k
This role $153k
$128k most similar roles pay here $223k

This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $141,437–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $153k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Pacific Life

Pacific Life is a life insurance company offering a wide range of life insurance, annuity, and investment products and services to individuals, businesses, and pension plans. Industry: Life Insurance & Annuities

Pacific Life currently has 26 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $145,080–$177,320 across 24 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Solutions Engineer

As a Sr Solutions Engineer within the Institutional Division Technology Team, you will serve as the technical bridge between business strategy, enterprise architecture, and software delivery. You will own solution discovery from initial business capabilities through technical implementation, collaborating with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and engineering teams to produce implementation-ready designs, user stories, data mappings, and API specifications. Your daily work involves designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise applications while ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and governance standards. You will utilize modern software engineering practices and AI-assisted tools including GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude to accelerate coding, testing, and documentation. The role requires expertise in Python, React, APIs, SQL, and integration technologies. You will solve complex problems by translating business needs into scalable technical solutions within the insurance and financial services domain.

What does a Solutions Engineer earn?

Median $168500 from 35 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Translate complex business capabilities into scalable, implementable software solutions and technical designs.
  • Produce implementation-ready documentation including user stories, data mappings, and API specifications.
  • Validate all solution approaches against enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and governance standards.
  • Develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise applications using modern software engineering practices.
  • Utilize AI-assisted tools like GitHub Copilot and LLMs to accelerate coding, testing, and documentation.
  • Evaluate technical tradeoffs with architects to establish scalable solution patterns.
  • Mentor developers through design discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
  • Drive the reduction of technical debt and increase automation across the application portfolio.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
  • 6+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise software solutions.
  • Proficiency with Python, React, APIs, SQL, integration technologies, or comparable enterprise platforms.
  • Experience translating business capabilities into scalable technical solutions.
  • Experience partnering with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Experience leveraging AI-assisted software development tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, cloud-native development, integration patterns, and the software delivery lifecycle.
  • Preferred experience in insurance or financial services and holding AWS Certifications.

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